Brunch is boring, but that's part of the charm of it.

Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.

California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly.

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.

The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant is probably governance, good governance or a certain kind of governance makes a huge difference in our lives.

Other people might have family - three kids or five houses. In my case, that doesn't exist. I'm going to give everything away. Everything has been transferred to charitable trusts. There is no question about that. The question is where, not if.

If you have things and if you are a perfectionist, which I am, you have to really tend to them, and it takes energy away from other things.